Pays de Voltaire House

François-Marie Arouet rose to fame at the age of 24 with his first play, Œdipe, under the pseudonym Voltaire. He owed most of his fame to tragedies, comedies, opera librettos and salon plays, all of which he was passionate about.

As author, actor and stage director, Voltaire often staged his own plays on memorable evenings. Entrusted to the entertainment entrepreneur Saint-Géran, the Comédie quickly collapsed on the death of its founder, preluding a profound disaffection for a singular...